RPT-Market Chatter-Corporate finance press digest

Jan 11 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related
stories were reported by media on Friday:

* Legg Mason Inc has been approached in recent
months by some of its senior managers and private equity firms
with plans to take the struggling asset manager private, but the
board has decided against exploring that option at least until
the company has a new chief executive, three sources told
Reuters.

* A former portfolio manager at Tudor Investment Corp who
oversaw energy investing from Singapore for the giant hedge fund
is setting up his own business with a handful of former
colleagues, according to several people familiar with the
matter.

* Royal Bank of Scotland is considering recouping
half of its imminent penalty for its role in a global interest
rate rigging scandal from the 2012 bonus pool of its investment
bankers, the Financial Times reported.